Organizers: ​Institute for Inclusive Economies and Sustainable Livelihoods (IIELS), ​Degrowth Collective, ​Just Sustainability Design, ​Earth47, ​kesaco, PUPA Focusing

​An Evening of Film, Conversation, and Collective Sense-Making

​Wildfires, floods, rising costs of living, growing inequality, geopolitical tensions, the threat of AI—many of us feel that something in our world is no longer working. Are these separate challenges, or are they somehow connected? How might we navigate this moment and come out on the other side?

​Join us for an evening of film and conversation, as we explore how these challenges might be linked to stories we tell ourselves about progress, growth, and success. And how GDP is a grossly flawed measure of human and planetary flourishing.

​We will be screening the documentary The Cost of Growth, which invites us to look beneath today’s crises and ask deeper questions about our economic systems, whose interests they serve, and what alternative futures might be possible.

​The screening will be followed by a lightly facilitated conversation—no prior expertise required, just curiosity and openness.

This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible, This event is kid-friendly and open to all ages. Accessibility info is on this page: https://innis.utoronto.ca/book-a-venue/innis-town-hall/

Register and More details: https://luma.com/pqxnymxg

Oragnizer: Park People

How do we build a healthier, greener, more joyful Toronto? We start at the park. Explore Park People's exhibit showcasing over 15 years of park projects led by Torontonians making incredible things happen. It is proof of what is possible–not in other cities, but here at home. Come and reflect on what we have done and learned together. Add your voice. Share your vision for the future of our urban green spaces. We are at a critical moment for Toronto’s parks and public spaces. The upcoming municipal election is an opportunity for us all to contribute ideas and impact parks for years to come. Let’s co-create an ambitious vision - and then make it happen.

This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible, This event is kid-friendly and open to all ages

More details: https://parkpeople.ca/events/interactive-exhibit-start-at-the-park/

Organizer: Toronto Home Energy Network

Baseboard heaters and oil furnaces are very costly to run, but high upfront costs or being a renter hold Torontonians back from replacing them with better equipment. The Energy Affordability Program helps income-eligible residents replace baseboard heaters and oil furnaces with a modern heat pump for free (if you qualify)!

Arwa Sayyadi from the Energy Affordability Program will join to talk about the program. There will also be a talk about safe financing options and traps to avoid if you decide to rent a heat pump. Bring your questions!

Register and More details: https://www.thenetwork.to/event-details/replace-your-old-baseboard-heaters-or-oil-furnace-for-free?utm_source=tcan&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EAP_webinar

Organizer: City of Toronto

City Planning and Environment, Climate & Forestry want to hear from you as we propose modernizing zoning rules for renewable energy and other low carbon technologies. We are looking for feedback on new or revised rules for ground and building mounted heating and cooling devices in Residential zones, new standards for residential energy storage systems, technical amendments for building mounted solar devices to align with provincial changes to the Electricity Act, updated regulations for building cladding, and new zoning standards for electric vehicle chargers and solar canopies in and around parking lots.

Register and More details: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/zoning-for-low-carbon-technologies/

Organizer: Greenpeace Canada

Toronto Grassy Narrows Solidarity Group joins the Greenpeace volunteer hangout to discuss the decades-long fight for justice led by Grassy Narrows First Nation.

This online event will have closed captioning, This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible

Register and More details: https://forms.gle/W4Wqm6KEZdHGQ3Ts7

Organizer: Sustainability Network

2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion efforts are growing in the ENGO sector, but we are still in the early stages.

If your organization is ready to go beyond holding a "queer hike" in June and explore the history and current issues impacting your 2SLGBTQIA+ staff, this is the webinar for you!

Join Misha Goforth (Pride at Work Canada's Manager of Programs) and Anna-Liza Badaloo (Sustainability Network JEDI Program Associate) for this fireside chat to discuss how recently proposed changes to the Employment Equity Act could improve 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion, why data scarcity matters, and where ENGOs can start to foster more welcoming and affirming workplaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ staff.

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/advancing-equity-for-2slgbtqia-engo-staff

Organizer: Toronto Home Energy Network

Most Torontonians can get $1,000-$2,250 back on their heat pump through the Home Renovation Savings Program. There’s also money available for other home updates, like heat pump water heaters, air sealing, insulation, and new windows and doors.

Dilesh Thurairatnam from the Home Renovation Saving Program will join to talk about the program. There will also be a talk about safe financing options and traps to avoid if you decide to rent a heat pump. Bring your questions!

Register and More details: https://www.thenetwork.to/event-details/heat-pump-rebates?utm_source=tcan&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HRSP_webinar

Organizer: City of Toronto

City Planning and Environment, Climate & Forestry want to hear from you as we propose modernizing zoning rules for renewable energy and other low carbon technologies. We are looking for feedback on new or revised rules for ground and building mounted heating and cooling devices in Residential zones, new standards for residential energy storage systems, technical amendments for building mounted solar devices to align with provincial changes to the Electricity Act, updated regulations for building cladding, and new zoning standards for electric vehicle chargers and solar canopies in and around parking lots.

Register and More details: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/zoning-for-low-carbon-technologies/

Organizer: The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN)

The world’s largest mining convention is coming to Toronto again this year, to sell their vision of a future of war, environmental destruction and greed. Join us outside of their convention to show your support for the future we actually want and need. Bring your friends, family, neighbours and comrades for a family friendly rally! Land back. Defend land defenders. No more war. 

More details: https://mininginjustice.org/pdac2026/

Organizer: ClimateFast and Toronto350

Toronto Climate Film Festival is excited to present a trio of short films centred on the renewable energy transition:

The Great Transition (2025–2050), Part I - A glimpse into our energy future (2025)followed by
Power Play: Transforming Australia's Biggest Climate Polluter (2022)followed by
Power to the People E8 “Six Nations”

Light refreshments will be provided. Raffle for Here Comes the Sun: a Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization by Bill McKibben.

Register and More details: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-climate-film-festival-presents-a-night-on-renewable-energy-tickets-1981396782113

Organizers: Very Láo.d, Climate4Palestine Toronto and Change Course

Israel’s use of white phosphorus in Palestine and toxic glyphosate in South Lebanon as seen recently as  modern acts of ecocide. As the Vietnamese diaspora, we carry the legacy of war and environmental destruction, especially from Agent Orange. On February 28, join us Very.Lao.d and  community member for a fundraiser supporting Trần Tố Nga, a survivor of Agent Orange and a courageous activist. She is suing Monsanto-Bayer, Dow Chemical, and others for their role in manufacturing the toxic chemical. Her case seeks justice for millions affected and recognition of ecocide as a crime.

Trần Tố Nga’s body bears the scars: dioxin poisoning, cancer, and the loss of her daughter. Her fight is for global reparations of imperial violence and corporate accountability.

The event features a screening of The People vs. Agent Orange (2020) and a community discussion on ecocide, climate justice, and imperial violence.

Instagram: Very Láo.d, Climate4Palestine, and Change Course. 

Register and More details: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/chat-djoc-dje-quoc-a-community-fundraiser-and-film-screening

Organizer: University of Toronto’s The School of the Environment

Initially used in livestock and energy management circles to designate spaces earmarked for exploitation and degradation in order to preserve others, the nomenclature of sacrifice zones has been reclaimed by the environmental justice movement to call to our attention the unequal distribution of environmental harms due to the spatial patterning of industry. While the term helps bring visibility to how racialized and marginalized communities bear a high burden of environmental hazards, it is also toxic, for it has resulted in narratives that consistently stress how polluted an ecosystem is and how unhealthy the communities it sustains are. This is treacherous terrain, for perceptions of populations and ecosystems as “waste(d)” prime them to become pollution sinks. Simultaneously, such rhetoric, by championing relocation as the most desirable remedy to environmental injustice, encourages further land dispossession.

To make this case, this presentation probes framings of Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s experience of environmental injustice and offers representational justice as an orienting principle that acknowledges the binds between representation as a civic and political right and representation as depiction, as how one is shown and made recognizable to the world.

Register and More details: https://www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/environment-seminar-series-i-wish-these-were-trees-case-against-sacrifice-zone-framings-dr

Organizer: Centre For Social Innovation, Green Growth Lab and Spring

A monthly coffee meet up for anyone working in or interested by the climate spaces. We’re part of the global Company Home series.

• For like-minded individuals to catch up about projects across climate tech, impact investing etc.

• Open to all - casual interest, founders, investors and operators in the space. Free to attend, monthly (on the last Thursday except when announced otherwise).

• No name tags, no speakers, early in the morning when we’re bright and fresh, so we could grab a coffee and have a chat to start the day.

Register and More details: https://climatecoffee.notion.site/Climate-Coffee-Toronto-2e9437e431d780879f42edd5f26cdea9

Organizer: Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Psychiatree

Concerned about wildfires? Melting ice caps? Converging international crises?

Join Dr. Nate Charach, MD, and Gwen Schauerte, RP, in a small group that will empower you to engage in meaningful action to address the challenges of our time. Based on Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects while integrating land-based healing practices and psychotherapeutic principles. You will connect to your inner self, to others in the group and to the greater natural world, deepening your experience of community.

Seven Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:15 pm from February 25 to May 20, 2026.

This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible.

Intake meetings take place for three weeks prior to the start of the event and there is a cap of 10 participants, so we would be grateful if you could advertise early.

Register: info@psychiatree.ca

Organizer: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network

The 2026 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto is looming, and we here at MISN would like to invite you to a teach-in & art build in preparation!

We will be discussing the links between mining and militarism, Canada’s role in the global mining industry, and why it is so critical for us to disrupt PDAC 2026! We would love to hear from you and your communities about your concerns around mining and militarism.

We KNOW that a future focused on mining is one which poisons the land and water, violates the sovereignty of Indigenous nations, and fuels Canadian military violence abroad.

Accessibility note: The art build will be located in the basement down two flights of stairs. Please contact us via info@mininginjustice.org if you would like to participate but have accessibility concerns.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gf004bYXz_jAzYZiugMjH3jkjb4_Ex5UhlAaZ-0Av8w/viewform

More details: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUWgIHuj5P_/

Organizer: Sustainability Network

As the environmental non-profit sector continues to welcome and affirm staff from equity-deserving communities, there is a strong need for spaces where people who share these identities can discuss their joys and challenges.

Identity-based groups provide ENGO and allied non-profit staff with the opportunity to gather with peers who share their workplace challenges to build community, share strategies, and benefit from brave, virtual spaces where people can share their experiences. For the safety and comfort of participants, meetings are not recorded.

Last year we launched For BIPOC Ears Only for racialized and/or Indigenous people (people with mixed ancestry that includes White/European are very welcome). Today we re-launch this offering and announce a new For Neurodivergent Ears Only stream.

Both groups feature Monthly Community Calls, shared Google Folders, and a Discord server to keep in touch 24/7 and are facilitated by Anna-Liza Badaloo. Feel free to reach out to her anna-liza@sustainabilitynetwork.ca with any questions.

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/justice-equity-diversity-inclusion-jedi-identity-based-groups

Organizer: Climate4Palestine Toronto and East End Acts

Time TBA, follow Climate4Palestine Instagram for updates.

📣Join climate and environmental organizations in the National Arms Embargo Day of Action! We're asking Julie Dabrusin, the Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Nature, to pick a side: legitimacy through climate action or complicity in ICE, Israeli war crimes, and US war crimes.

👉 We are specifically calling on MP Dabrusin to vote YES to the No More Loopholes Act: a bill that would stop the unregulated flow of arms through the US, and allow Canadian regulation when complicity in war crimes is suspected. This bill would stop, among other things, Canadian arms being used by ICE in Minneapolis, the IDF in Gaza, and, potentially, war criminals in Sudan.

✊ The US military is one of the largest carbon criminals on the planet. Join us on the 17th and stand up for climate action and human rights. For more: www.armsembargonow.ca

This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible, This event is kid-friendly and open to all ages.

More details coming soon, check www.armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes/ for updates.

Organizer: Climate Action for Lifelong Learners

8-week on-line Zoom course • Only $25
Tuesdays, February 17 to April 7 • 1–2:30 PM ET
A recording will be available for one week after each class

CALL is pleased to present an up-to-date, in depth, inspiring and accessible climate course with Dr. Martin Bush, a leading expert in climate science and renewable energy.

In this engaging series, you will learn what’s driving the changing climate, how it’s affecting Canadians and Canada, the latest solutions in clean energy, and what we can all do to make a difference.

This online event will have closed captioning.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ES1nOd-iRpif6zitB-P1Cg

More details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DkOAYj49XE4a1x2ZZhRpmeO9x4VIIzOi/view?usp=share_link

Organizer: Sustainability Network

Join us for a conversation about the essential role of independent climate news reporting. This session is for anyone trying to build momentum for climate solutions—on the front lines, or in federal and provincial policy.

Finding a steady foothold is challenging in the midst of a global climate and affordability crisis, cascading mis/disinformation, and alarming attacks on democracy and Canadian sovereignty. Independent journalism, practiced from a base of deep energy and climate expertise, is crucial to that effort.

This session will cover:

- The line between climate journalism and advocacy—and why it matters;

- Why reliable, independent news reporting is an essential bulwark for democracy and Canadian sovereignty, an antidote to mis/disinformation, and a basis for communities to rebuild trust;

- How ENGOs and other changemakers can use climate and energy journalism as a proof point for their own work.

The session is set up to allow lots of time for questions and discussion. So bring your own ideas and experience, hopes and concerns to this hour-long conversation.

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/the-energy-mix-on-solutions-journalism-how-climate-news-builds-momentum-for-action

Organizer: Sustainability Network

In this 1-hour webinar, led by Sydney Penner and Erika De Torres, “Ask Us, Not About Us: Centering Youth Voices in ENGOs through AisB’s Youth Friendly Recommendations,” we’ll explore how environmental non-governmental organizations can move beyond tokenism to engage young people meaningfully. Drawing on Apathy is Boring’s Youth Friendly resources and experiences, we’ll introduce practical strategies to share power, co-create initiatives, and design programs and governance structures that are responsive to youth needs, experiences, and leadership. Participants will leave with an idea of how the 3 workshop sessions will go, along with a deeper look into “Leaf it to Us” organizational reviews. They will also be introduced to concrete tools, examples, and reflection questions to help assess how youth-friendly their organization truly is and identify next steps to embed youth voice at every level of their work.

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/centering-youth-voices-introduction-to-youth-friendly-principles-for-engos-with-apathy-is-boring

Organizers: Curbside Cycle and Community Bikeways

E-bikes promote the growth of cycling by allowing new groups and ages to ride bikes. How do we protect this positive trend while addressing features (speed, acceleration, weight, and power) that may intimidate or frustrate other cyclists and road users? Join us for an informative presentation and discussion.

This in-person event is wheel-chair accessible, This event is kid-friendly and open to all ages.

Register and More details: https://curbsidecycle.com/blogs/events?srsltid=AfmBOoqfy_PkY6Y1g0-P-7HHWmxmiPNKm4JEuCRXc31-nM0tbUjHMbWU

Organizer: Social Planning Toronto

On February 10, Toronto City Council will be voting on the 2026 City Budget. Social Planning Toronto and partners are organizing a community rally outside City Hall to let Council know this is no time for cuts.

This year's proposed budget strengthens vital community programs and services, including increased tenant supports, extended library hours, and TTC fare capping. Still, key areas require deeper investment and faster action, particularly on affordability measures. We are asking City Council to build on this progress and commit to fully funding critical programs and services that people rely on. It's time to send a strong message: we need to fund a city where everyone can thrive.

Learn more about our 2026 budget priorities, developed in partnership with our Budget Coalition (a group of over 150 community and grassroots organizations).

Register and More details: https://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/save_the_date

Organizer: Sustainability Network

Why are anti-climate messages resonating at a time when extreme weather disasters are escalating and solutions to the crisis have never been stronger? What can people who care deeply about a liveable planet do to counter their influence?

In this presentation, Geoff Dembicki, global managing editor of the investigate climate news outlet DeSmog, and Kevin Grandia, digital strategist and founder of Spake Media, will share metrics showing how pro-science and pro-climate voices are being drowned out by anti-climate voices in a rapidly shifting digital media landscape.

They will lead a discussion about what can be learned from the anti-climate ecosystem; how to cultivate pro-climate influencers and effective communications strategies; and what elements are needed to build a strong, sustainable media ecosystem in this new digital era.

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/the-rise-of-climate-denialism-use-of-social-media

Organizer: Sustainability Network

Sustainability Network and Raissa Marks bring you an opportunity to join an online group leadership coaching program with fellow ENGO leaders in early 2026.

Group coaching blends one-on-one coaching with guided discussion and uses the power of the group mind to amplify personal and professional learning and growth. It involves a small group of individuals who come together as a supportive peer group for a series of sessions facilitated by a professional coach.

The first session will involve introductions, reviewing the program goals and logistics, identifying the main themes/topics to be discussed, and establishing group guidelines. Subsequent sessions will involve check-in questions, individual coaching for two participants on that session’s topic/theme, and reflection questions. The last session will be a wrap-up session to reflect on learnings and next steps. Participants will also have access to one individual coaching session.

This program is designed for Executive Directors of small-to-medium-sized environmental ENGOs (those with fewer than 25 employees) in Canada. Ideally, the cohort will be made up of eight individuals (min 6, max 10) from different types of organizations, at different points in their career path, and from different demographic groups (e.g., gender & gender identity, ethnicity, region, etc.). The program will run in English.


How to Apply

Interested leaders should email Raissa at raissa@raissamarks.ca by December 14 to arrange a brief 1-on-1 Zoom chat to ensure a good fit for the program and answer any questions you may have. By mid-January, those selected for this cohort will be invited to register.

More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/group-coaching-for-engo-leaders

Organizers: Amnesty International and Decolonial Solidarity Network

Join Amnesty International and Decolonial Solidarity Network for an exciting discussion about how people around the world – including right here in Canada – are fighting to protect the environment and our collective futures by ending public financing for fossil fuel expansion.

Hear from human rights defenders and activists about how public financing of fossil fuel projects harms human rights,  what we lose by giving billions of dollars to these projects during a time of shrinking services and a cost of living crisis, and how we can join forces across Canada to defend our right to a healthy environment by ending new public fossil fuel financing. Major fossil fuel projects that could be accelerated under the Carney government are wholly owned by foreign corporations. Ksi Lisims is 100% American-owned and the PRGT pipeline has been backed by American billionaires linked to US President Trump.

Register and More details: https://amnesty.ca/event/extraction-extinction-ending-the-fossil-fuel-era-online-info-session/

Organizer: Greenpeace Canada

Jessica da Silva, Greenpeace Canada's JEDIS & Integrity Officer, hosts a group discussion on Changing the Terms: Decoloniality & Afrofuturist Dreaming, as we celebrate the start of Black History month.

This online, Zoom only, event will have closed captioning.

Register and More details: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/attend-a-meeting-training-or-special-event/

Organizer: Toronto Home Energy Network

When the old furnace finally gives out on a cold night in February, most Torontonians panic and replace it with another gas furnace. But you're thinking ahead. This webinar shows you exactly how to prep your home for a heat pump—from electrical panel capacity to insulation gaps to ductwork tweaks.

Register and More details: https://www.thenetwork.to/event-details/electrification-with-the-experts-heat-pump-prep?utm_source=TCAN&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=heat_pump_prep

Organizer: Sustainability Network

Dates: Tuedays, February 3, 10, 17, 24 & March 3, 1-2 PM ET (Zoom Meeting)

*Please note, all registrants will be provided with a link to the recording and presentation slides following the sessions. The recording will be available for 60 days.

‍Each webinar will last 60 minutes including both presentation and questions and answers. After each webinar, participants will receive a workbook and self-assessment to help them better understand their strengths and how they can grow as nonprofit leaders.
Five topics will be covered in the series:

1. Authentic Leadership for Nonprofit Leaders

2. Transformational Leadership for Nonprofit Leaders

3. Servant Leadership for Nonprofit Leaders

4. Effective Management for Nonprofit Leaders

5. Organizational Change Management for Nonprofit Leaders

Register and More details: https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/nonprofit-leadership-series-spring-2026

Organizer: ClimateFast

Want to learn more about AI data centres? What are the environmental, social, and community-level impacts of AI data centres in Ontario?

Two guest speakers will be joining ClimateFast to help explain what AI data centres are and how they work. The first 30 minutes will be a 101 presentation on data centres and then the remainder of the time will be Q&A for attendees to ask questions!

This is a free event and all are welcome. A zoom link will be shared with registrants.

This online event will have closed captioning, This event is kid-friendly and open to all ages

Register and More details: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/101-on-ai-data-centres-and-their-impact-on-communities-tickets-1980929063153